I think that because women's rights have come so far in this country we forget that women as a group are still discriminated against. We're discriminated against in so many aspects of our life so why would work be any different? Discrimination against women begins at a young age. For those of us who are currently in employment it's likely that we were discriminated against in education. Until recently boys had to achieve less than girls to get into grammar schools and girls were discouraged from doing masculine subjects. So then we get into employment and we've become accustomed to coming second to men, to having to work harder for the same rewards. ...  Read the complete review

Men and women should indeed be paid the same. But only if they are undertaking identical work and achieving the same results. Let me use the introduction, this year, of handing out equal prize money to Wimbledon winners (and losers) in spite of sex, as an example of an incorrect application of this basic principle (equal pay for equal work). There are several reasons for why the winners of the male arm of tournaments are paid more: the higher skill level exhibited; the longer matches; the increased popularity (it has more fans) of the sport. The most important one of these is the first. Now, the objection to this runs as follows: women ...  Read the complete review

Males and Females do the same jobs yet in some jobs men get more money. Why is this? It is the society I think. Men were the original bread winners and this has remained, women are late entrants to the work place therefore have to play catch up. Legally there should never be this discrimination. What is quite funny is that some women are holding up the fort for men to pay less to women. Companies with good practices pay same wages. Go and work for John Lewis or Tesco and you will get same wage as man. Move higher up the ladder and into managerial roles and the pay becomes less for women. A woman has to be a very ...  Read the complete review

Why does the pay gap occur? It is unfortunate that this is still a hot issue. However it remains obvious why companies are unwilling to part with higher salaries for women than men. When firms employ women they do so with the consideration that a maternity leave is likely to be demanded and ostensibly they may well lose the employee completely in the long run. Therefore the firm is more likely to employ male employees and with building surplus of female workers, their wages remain lower. To futher this women take different genres of degrees to men with lower earning potential - for example circa three times more men take economics than women, whilst many more women ...  Read the complete review

Ok, now this is definetely another touchy subject that I expect most women have a clear view on, while most men probably don't even think about it. I am planning to look at this issue by asking and answering questions on the subject so that I try to have some sort of structure to this debate. Do women still get paid less than men? I would say that it is clear that in some jobs and some industries, women are part less than their male counterparts for doing the same job. Is the problem widespread, well I just cannot answer that. Personally I have never heard any of my colleagues mention this as an issue, but it is not a subject that I have really ...  Read the complete review